John Quincy Adams Brackett | |
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| 36th Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 7, 1890 – January 8, 1891 | |
| Lieutenant | William H. Haile |
| Preceded by | Oliver Ames |
| Succeeded by | William E. Russell |
| 34th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 8, 1887 – January 4, 1890 | |
| Governor | Oliver Ames |
| Preceded by | Oliver Ames |
| Succeeded by | William H. Haile |
| Member of the Boston Common Council | |
| In office January 4, 1873 – January 1, 1877[1] | |
| Constituency | Ward 10 (1874–75) Ward 17 (1876) |
| President of the Boston City Council | |
| In office January 3, 1876 – January 1, 1877[2] | |
| Preceded by | Halsey J. Boardman[2] |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Pope[1] |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 17th Suffolk district | |
| In office 1877–1881[3][2] | |
| In office 1884–1886[4] | |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office January 7, 1885 – 1886[2] | |
| Preceded by | George Augustus Marden |
| Succeeded by | Charles J. Noyes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 8, 1842 Bradford, New Hampshire |
| Died | April 6, 1918 (aged 75) Arlington, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Angie Moore Peck (m. June 20, 1878)[2][5] |
| Children | John G. Beatrice[6] |
| Education | Harvard University (A.B., LL.B.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Signature |  |
John Quincy Adams Brackett (June 8, 1842 – April 6, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican and temperance advocate, he served one term as the 36th governor of Massachusetts, from 1890 to 1891. Born in New Hampshire and educated at Harvard, he practiced law in Boston before entering politics.
In the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Brackett rose to become Speaker in 1885, and was elected the 34th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts under Governor Oliver Ames. He succeeded Ames, but his bid for reelection in 1891 was ended by strict enforcement of restrictive liquor laws, and by the negative economic effects on the state of the McKinley Tariff. He was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–1918, but died before it ended.
- ^ a b A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, pp. 262–265
- ^ a b c d e Hurd, pp. lvi-lviii
- ^ Gifford, p. 345
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- ^ Rotch, pp. 13–16